The Complete Works of Washington Irving
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The Complete Works of Washington Irving
Washington Irving was an American short-story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century. He is best known for his short stories "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow", both of which appear in his collection The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.
This collection includes the following:
Knickerbocker's History of New York, Complete
Tales of a Traveller
Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists
Astoria
The Adventures of Captain Bonneville
Old Christmas
The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.
Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada
The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
The Alhambra
Spanish Papers
Abbotsford and Newstead Abbey
Oliver Goldsmith
The Crayon Papers
Wolfert’s Roost and Miscellanies
Little Britain
Washington Irving
Washington Irving Was born in New York City in 1783. He lived in the United States, England, and Spain (where he served as an American diplomatic attache). A prolific author, Irving wrote The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., Diedrich Knickerbocker's History of New York, The Alhambra, and biographies of George Washington and Christopher Columbus, among other works. He is best remembered, however, for his two most famous stories, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle."
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